Everyone who knows me, knows I love horses. I have a very demanding job by day and everyone tries to add something to their workspace that offers a little bit of peace and tranquility. For me, that means adding an equine terrarium, a couple other decorative touches and a pair of silk fern plants… [Read More]
Sad to say but lately there have been some barn fires in our area. In one – all the horses in that barn perished from smoke inhalation and in the other – the barn was lost but the horses were spared. This is all so scary. Our horses are boarded and there are people who.. [Read More]
One of our absolute favorite things to do with our horses is trail ride. We have two thoroughbreds and two draft horses. They all have special characteristics that we know we need to watch for when riding. But ultimately we can only control our horse the best we can – we need to prepare for.. [Read More]
This post contains affiliate links This is our 2nd winter with horses – last winter was pretty mild and there were a few days where I needed to deal with frozen water buckets in the stalls but not entirely frozen solid and not for more than a few days. This winter is horrid – absolutely.. [Read More]
This post contains affiliate links After a year and a half of shows – I really needed to come up with a storage solution for my kids ribbons. My daughter has wallpaper on her walls and the solution I used for my son was not working for her. His is basically a wooden dowel along.. [Read More]
Last night I was searching for terrariums and I came across equine terrariums – and fell in love. I immediately knew I totally wanted to make one of these – now that I have made one I may just make more! This was fun, quick and thanks to Dollar Tree – inexpensive. Here’s what I.. [Read More]
Last winter we owned three horses and lived in New England – that means winter horse blankets. But not every day is cold enough to need these heavy blankets and sometimes the blankets get wet and need a way to dry off. So last year I spent my hard-earned cash on three blanket racks that.. [Read More]
Two years ago my daughter started riding horses. I didn’t think in a million years something like that would happen – you see, I have severe allergies to horses. BUT, modern medicine has changed and the drugs available today now make it possible for me to not only get near a horse but also.. [Read More]
Horses cannot talk – contrary to what Mr. Ed spent years trying to make us believe. And, since they can’t talk we are often left trying to figure out exactly what is going on with them. This guy is my boy Thunder Fire Legend Ace – let’s just call him Ace for now… [Read More]
June 2015 our daughter started taking horseback riding lessons – from day one we said we will never buy a horse… September 2015 our son started taking horseback riding lessons – we said we will never buy a horse… December 2015 we started partial leases on two horses – we continued to say we.. [Read More]